WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 31: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, strongly condemns the arrest of the Honourable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, and calls on the Ugandan government to immediately release him and cease its harassment of his presidential campaign. Yesterday, Senator Menendez submitted   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) voted to override President Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021. The veto override passed by a bipartisan margin of 322 to 87. "Democrats and Republicans should always be able to come together for our national security, and that's exactly what happened today," said Congressman Kim. "This bill is too important for our country and for   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Dec. 28: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) tonight celebrated the House's lopsided vote to override Donald Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "No American should ever forget that Donald Trump blocked a pay raise to the troops, resources to strengthen cyber security, parental leave for federal employees, and funding for our defense two days before Christmas," said R  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Dec. 28: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), New Jersey's only member of the House Ways and Means Committee, tonight praised the passage in the House of the Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help (CASH) Act (H.R.9051) to increase recently authorized Economic Impact Payments to $2,000 to help Americans survive during the pandemic. "The suffering of our nation is palpable and devastating,"   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr.'s bill to decrease colorectal cancer deaths and increase cancer screenings nationwide became law last night. The bill, the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act (H.R. 1570), passed with strong Democratic and Republican support as part of the Omnibus Appropriations and Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act (H.R. 133), an end-of-the-year government funding   more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Dec. 29 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced $340,417 in federal grants for the Pompton Lakes Prevention Coalition. The community engagement grants are funded by the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "Kids deserve to grow up in an environment that supports good choices, and we are all better off when our youth have the to  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: At the very last legislative session of the 116th Congress, the House of Representatives passed legislation authored by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) that would elevate the State Department's Anti-Semitism Special Envoy position--first created by Smith's legislative provisions in 2004--to an Ambassadorship, giving more clout to address the alarming rise in anti-Semitism worldwide. As the Senate has already approv  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) today said: "The increase of COVID-19 relief checks to $2,000 coupled with yesterday's extension of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), expanded unemployment benefits and other assistance are justified and necessary to assist tens of millions of people devastated by the pandemic and like previous COVID relief packages are a bridge to a post-COVID world."  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, sent a letter to Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks opposing a proposed rule that would punish specific financial institutions that choose not to lend to the firearm industry. The proposed rule would also prevent banks from adopting similar risk-based policies when assessing other industries. Following the  more

CORNING, New York, Dec. 28 -- Rep. Tom Reed, R-New York, issued the following joint statement on Dec. 27 with Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey: * * * Sunday, December 27, 2020, Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs Tom Reed (NY-23) and Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) released the following statement in response to President Trump signing the bipartisan COVID-19 emergency relief package into law: "It's an understatement to say that, after a long journey, we are relieved for the American people that the bi  more